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Grade Schemas

Select the particular course that you wish to create an assignment in from the
My Courses list
and ensure the
Edit Mode is on.

Click on the Full Grade Centre option within the Grade Centre menu on the Control Panel

Within the Grade Centre, click on the drop down menu under the Manage Menu and click on the Grading Schemas option.

Click on the Create Grading Schema button.

Input a name for the Schema. In this example we have created a schema which shows three different bands:
i) Under 40% = Fail
ii) 40%-60% = Pass
iii) Over 60% = Honours
You can further refine the schema by using the Insert Rows icon shown below.

Click on the Submit button.

A success message should be displayed and your Grade Schema name displayed as below.
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To apply the Grade Schema to the assignment, drop down the arrow on the column which contains the assignments and select the ’Edit Column Information’ option.

A form is displayed as below.
i) The Primary Display field indicates what field is shown to the Students.
Ii) The Secondary Display Field is an additional field which can be displayed in the Grade Centre Column for the instructors to see.
iii) The points possible are the points that were allocated to the original assignment and this value should not be changed.

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In the Primary Display column, associate the Grading Schema which you have just created with this column and click on the ’submit’ button.

You will notice as you input the marks for the assignments, the marks are converted to the grade schemas as shown below.

The instructor has the option of displaying the actual mark in addition to the grade in the column in the Grade centre. This can be done by setting the Secondary Display drop down menu to Score.

Now, both the Marks and Grade Schemas are displayed in the Column.

Finally, from once all the assignments are corrected. The Column can be made visible to the students. To display the grades to the students. Return to the particular column which contains the assignments and click on the drop down arrow. Select the ’Show/Hide to Users’ option. The grades will now be displayed in the Students My Grade link.

When the student accesses the My Grade link they will just see the Primary Display field information as shown below.

The original style of scores being displayed can be re-applied to at any stage.
Drop down the arrow on the particular assignment in the Grade Centre and select the option, Edit Column Information. Return the Primary Display drop down menu to Score. Now the students will see the actual score.